Guidelines For Rural Beekeeping In Queensland

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Industry profile • There were 3094 registered beekeepers in Queensland as of June 2004. • Annual honey production in Queensland is approximately 8400 tonnes, which represents 17% of the total Australian crop. • Average annual honey production per hive is 70 kg. • Commercial apiaries can often have 100 hives at one particular site. • A viable commercial honey-producing operation is assumed to operate a minimum of 400 hives. Pollination-based enterprises can have fewer hives. Table 1. Registered beekeepers by groups as of June 2004 Apiary Beekeeper/Hive Statistics No. of Hives Beekeepers per Group % of Beekeepers No. of Hives % of Hives 0 46 1.49% 0 0.00% 1–4 1262 40.79% 2880 2.12% 5–24 1156 37.36% 12 154 8.97% 25–49 211 6.82% 7101 5.24% 50–99 163 5.27% 10 903 8.04% 100–249 146 4.72% 21 266 15.69% 250–499 49 1.58% 16 670 12.30% 500–749 34 1.10% 19 560 14.43% 750–999 8 0.26% 6710 4.95% 1000+ 18 0.58% 38 325 28.27% 3094 135 569 2
Table 2. Some of the major beekeeping areas in Queensland Location Importance Season Resource utilised The far west Paroo honey and pollen winter/spring yapunyah, wildflowers Coastal ranges Burnett honey summer spotted gum, grey ironbark, brush box Darling Downs honey and pollen winter/summer Burdekin horticultural area pollination autumn/winter/spring mountain coolibah, sunflower, ironbark, agricultural weeds, yellow box horticultural crops, melons, pumpkins cucumber, zucchini Industry structure The beekeeping industry has an active State peak body association — the Queensland Beekeepers’ Association (QBA). Numerous recreational groups sometimes affiliate with QBA. QBA — The Secretary P.O. Box 49 Mapleton Q 4560. The peak national industry body is the Australian Honeybee Industry Council (AHBIC). P.O. Box R838 Royal Exchange NSW 1225. Telephone: 02 9221 0911 Email: ahbic@honeybee.org.au 3
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